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Rudenstine was out of town yesterday and could not be reached for comment. But Assistant Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree Jr., who moderated a question and answer session after Ice T's speech, said last night that Flynn's reaction was "a non sequitur...
...There are clear moral differences between people who advocate peace and understanding, and those who advocate hatred and division." Flynn wrote. "By inviting to speak a person who shows no respect for the very difficult job [police officers] do and who advocates their physical harm, Harvard University has done a great disservice to police officers and law abiding citizens everywhere...
Ogletree's sister, a police officer in California, was murdered by an intruder while off duty in her home. The professor said Flynn was using the controversy surrounding Ice T as an opportunity to "give the impression of concern for police officers in light of the recent difficulties in the Boston police department...
...spokesperson for Flynn's office said that the mayor was unavailable for comment yesterday. DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis Gates Jr., who as chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies co-sponsored the speech with Ogletree, was out of town and could not be reached for comment last night
Ogletree's sister, a police officer in California, was murdered by an intruder while off duty in her home. The professor said Flynn was using the controversy surrounding Ice T as an opportunity to "give the impression of concern for police officers in light of the recent difficulties in the Boston police department...